Last updated: 3rd September 2008
Ledley: Bids rejected
Tony Pulis is a close friend, but I could easily have fallen out with him that day.
Dave Jones
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Cardiff City boss Dave Jones almost fell out with Tony Pulis over Stoke City's deadline-day pursuit of Wales international Joe Ledley.
The Bluebirds had already rejected a £5million offer from Stoke for Ledley before The Potters came in with an improved £6million bid on Monday.
Although the move would have seen Ledley playing his football in the Premier League had Cardiff accepted, Jones does not think the switch would have benefited the 21-year-old.
"Tony Pulis is a close friend, but I could easily have fallen out with him that day," Jones told the South Wales Echo. "I had to ask him to back off.
"With all due respect to Stoke City it was not the right move for Joe. I believe time will show that.
"He can achieve better than that - and my hope is that he will step into the Premiership with Cardiff City.
"We are trying to build something at Cardiff City and Joe is a big part of that. Of course he wants to play in the Premiership.
"Every player wants to do that and Joe's chance will come. I would like to think the decision to stay is the best one for Joe Ledley."
| Time | Fixture |
|---|---|
| Saturday 6th December | |
| The Coca-Cola Football League Championship | |
| 15:00 | Barnsley vs Reading |
| 15:00 | Birmingham vs Watford |
| 15:00 | Blackpool vs Charlton |
| 15:00 | Bristol City vs Swansea |
| 15:00 | Cardiff vs Preston |
| 15:00 | Coventry vs Nottm Forest |
| 15:00 | Derby vs Crystal Palace |
| 15:00 | Doncaster vs Plymouth |
| 15:00 | Sheff Utd vs Burnley |
| 15:00 | Southampton vs Sheff Wed |
| 17:20 | QPR vs Wolverhampton |
| Sunday 7th December | |
| The Coca-Cola Football League Championship | |
| 13:15 | Norwich vs Ipswich |
| Monday 8th December | |
| The Coca-Cola Football League Championship | |
| 20:00 | Crystal Palace vs Southampton |
| Tuesday 9th December | |
| The Coca-Cola Football League Championship | |
| 19:45 | Burnley vs Cardiff |
| 19:45 | Charlton vs Coventry |
| 19:45 | Nottm Forest vs Sheff Utd |
| 19:45 | Plymouth vs Birmingham |
| 19:45 | Preston vs Doncaster |
| 19:45 | Sheff Wed vs QPR |
| 19:45 | Swansea vs Barnsley |
| Time | Result |
|---|---|
| Monday 1st December | |
| The Coca-Cola Football League Championship | |
| Reading 3 - 1 Coventry | |
| Sunday 30th November | |
| The Coca-Cola Football League Championship | |
| Swansea 2 - 2 Cardiff | |
| Saturday 29th November | |
| The Coca-Cola Football League Championship | |
| Wolverhampton 1 - 1 Birmingham | |
| Crystal Palace 0 - 0 QPR | |
| Plymouth 1 - 2 Blackpool | |
| Sheff Wed 3 - 2 Norwich | |
| Ipswich 1 - 1 Sheff Utd | |
| Preston 2 - 0 Bristol City | |
| Nottm Forest 1 - 0 Barnsley | |
| Burnley 3 - 0 Derby | |
| Watford 1 - 1 Doncaster | |
| Charlton 0 - 0 Southampton | |
| Tuesday 25th November | |
| The Coca-Cola Football League Championship | |
| Cardiff 2 - 2 Reading | |
| Birmingham 2 - 1 Ipswich | |
| Sheff Utd 1 - 3 Wolverhampton | |
| Doncaster 0 - 0 Nottm Forest | |
| Blackpool 0 - 2 Sheff Wed | |
| Bristol City 1 - 1 Watford | |
| Norwich 1 - 2 Crystal Palace | |
| Southampton 0 - 0 Plymouth | |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | 47 |
| 2 | Birmingham City | 20 | 41 |
| 3 | Reading | 20 | 37 |
| 4 | Burnley | 20 | 33 |
| 5 | Sheffield United | 20 | 32 |
| 6 | Preston North End | 20 | 31 |
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